---
layout: single
property_name: background-attachment
---

<section id="background-attachment" class="property">
  <header class="property-header">
    <nav class="property-links">
        <a class="property-collection" href="{{site.url}}/backgrounds/">
          In collection: <strong>backgrounds</strong>
        </a>
      <a class="property-links-direct" href="{{site.url}}/property/background-attachment/" data-property-name="background-attachment" data-tooltip="Single page for this property">Permalink</a>
      <a class="property-share" data-tooltip="Share on Twitter or Facebook" data-property-name="background-attachment">Share</a>
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    </nav>
    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#background-attachment"><span>#</span>background-attachment</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines <em>how</em> the background image will behave when scrolling the page.</p>

    </div>

  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.background-attachment { background-image: url(/images/landscape.jpg);background-position: center center;background-size: cover;height: 200px; }</style>


    <style type="text/css">.background-attachment p { background: white;padding: 0.8em 1em; }</style>


    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-attachment: scroll;">background-attachment: scroll;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will scroll with the page. It will also position and resize itself according to the element it&#39;s applied to.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-attachment " id="background-attachment-scroll"><p>Hello world</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-attachment-scroll{ background-attachment:scroll;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-attachment: fixed;">background-attachment: fixed;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will <em>not</em> scroll with the page, and remain positioned according to the viewport. It will also position and resize itself according to the viewport. As a result, the background image will probably only be partially visible.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-attachment " id="background-attachment-fixed"><p>Hello world</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-attachment-fixed{ background-attachment:fixed;}</style>
    </section>

</section>
